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  1. Ajax (1991 Video)

    Director
    Peter Meineck
    Subject
    Classical studies; Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL). col. 71 min., 2000 sale: US$269.00 (+p&p)

    A production of Sophocles’ play ‘Ajax’ by the London Small Theatre Company, directed by Peter Meineck, which modernises the sets and characters while keeping classical themes intact.

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  2. Roman Comedy (1987 Video)

    Series
    Theatre: The Search for Style
    Director
    Jack Eddleman

    A series studying the history of theatre. Through the ages, playwrights of comedy were indebted to the Roman master of farce and comedy, Plautus. Chief among them was William Shakespeare, whose grammar...

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  3. Film Stardom, Myth and Classicism

    Date
    12 Mar 2015, 18:06
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    Film Stardom, Myth and Classicism by Michael Williams (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), 272 pages, ISBN: 978-0230355446 (hardback) £61 About the reviewer: Dr Kirsty Fairclough-Isaacs, is Senior Lecturer in...

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  4. Frogs (1991 Video)

    Subject
    Classical studies; Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL). col. 75 min., 2000 sale: US$269.00 (+p&p)

    A production of Aristophanes’ comedy ‘Frogs’ presented by the London Small Theatre Company, incorporating 1950s-style musical numbers and comedic skits.

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  5. Oedipus Tyrannus (1977 Video)

    Subject
    Classical studies; Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL). col. 90 min., 2000 sale: US$179.00 (+p&p)

    An excerpted version of ‘Oedipus Rex’ which attempts to avoid archaic language while to preserving the dignity and clarity of the text. It shows scenes of Greek theatres and examines Aristotle’s...

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  6. Athens: Democracy for the Few (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Jeremy Cooper
    Subject
    Classical studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Explores why Athens is thought of as the birthplace of democracy and the ways in which Athenian democracy differed from what we would recognise as democratic now. Looks at the 19th-century origins of the...

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  7. Aspects of the Classic Greek Theater (1960 Video)

    Subject
    Classical studies; Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC). col. 13 min., 2000 sale: US$169.00 (+p&p)

    Features scenes from Sophocles’ ‘Electra’, directed by Dimitrios Rondiris of the National Theatre of Greece, an authority on classical Greek movement and the vocal style of the Chorus. It provides a...

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  8. Acropolis Now: The Public Face of the State (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Coe
    Subject
    Architecture; Classical studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., Sale as part of A209/VC2 only.

    The temple buildings on the Acropolis are often seen as potent symbols of the birth of western civilisation, but what did they actually look like in the 5th century? What did it mean to the people who built...

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  9. Hoplite Warfare (199 Video)

    Subject
    Classical studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 2000 sale: £29.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Reconstructions, maps and graphics, and specialists in the field interpret and explain the struggles between Athens and Sparta.

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  10. Euripides’ Life and Times: ‘The Trojan Women’ (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Classical studies; Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (NTSC, 38 mins), $199.00

    Uses scenes from ‘The Trojan Women’ to illuminate themes of Euripides tragedies and provide insights into daily life in ancient Athens, the status of women in Greek society, and the effects of war on the...

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